Armed Forces: Training

Lord Alton of Liverpool: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what training is planned for the Burmese army, with United Kingdom involvement, in 2014 and 2015.

Lord Astor of Hever: The Managing Defence in a Wider Security Context course that is currently being delivered in Burma examines the legal framework within which defence and security operations may legitimately be conducted in accordance with human rights norms and international humanitarian law. The course is for 30 members and includes 23 members of the Burmese military.
	In addition to this course that is being delivered in country, an invitation has been offered to a member of the Burmese military to attend a similar course for a mixed international audience, later this year, at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. To support this course, two Burmese students have been funded to take English language exams so that one may be selected to attend in the course.
	It is an aspiration to repeat these two courses, one in Burma and one in the UK, in 2015.

Armed Forces: Training

Lord Alton of Liverpool: To ask Her Majesty’s Government why training of the Burmese army is not taking place in the United Kingdom.

Lord Astor of Hever: I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave on 7 January 2014 (Official Report, column WA 238) to the noble Baroness, Lady, Goudie. Academics from the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom and Cranfield University are in Burma this month delivering a course called Managing Defence in the Wider Security Context. This course has been tailored for Burma and it will teach course members how defence works within a democratic framework.
	Conducting the course in Burma is the most cost effective way of delivering it because only five personnel needed to travel from the UK to Burma, rather than the 30 Burmese personnel who would have needed to travel if the course was held in the UK.
	An invitation has been offered however, for a member of the Burmese military to attend a second Managing Defence in the Wider Security Context course which will be held later this year at the Defence Academy. In this instance, participation in the course will be by students from multiple countries and therefore it will be the most cost effective way to provide this education.

Armed Forces: Training

Lord Alton of Liverpool: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether training provided to the Burmese army will recommend that Burmese soldiers refuse orders which involve actions that would constitute human rights abuses.

Lord Astor of Hever: This issue will be raised in a panel discussion of the Managing defence in the Wider Security Context course that is currently taking place in Burma. The discussion will sit within a lecture on Rules of Engagement. The legal position with regards to obeying illegal orders will be articulated and the consequences explained by an international law academic from Cranfield University who specialises in the law of armed conflict.
	So far the legal aspects of the course have covered an understanding of how Armed Forces are regulated and controlled within a constitutional framework; the substance and structure of Human Rights and their relevance to military and security forces; and a wide ranging review of the principles and rules of International Humanitarian Law applicable in armed conflict, including rules on the protection of victims, the position of child soldiers under International Humanitarian Law and the conduct of hostilities.

Bangladesh

Lord Ahmed: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the long-term solution to the violence and political unrest in Bangladesh; and what representations they have made to the government of Bangladesh on the credibility of the recent elections.

Baroness Warsi: As I noted in my statement of 6 January, the election was called in accordance with Bangladesh’s constitution. But like others in the international community the UK is disappointed that voters in more than half the constituencies did not have the opportunity to express their will at the ballot box and that turnout in most other constituencies was low.
	The UK believes that the true mark of a mature, functioning democracy is peaceful elections that express the genuine will of the voters. We are deeply concerned at the deaths of so many people, political harassment and the heightened political tensions which underlie them. We have therefore called on all political parties to work together to strengthen democratic accountability as an urgent priority and to build the willingness and capacity to hold future participatory elections without the fear of intimidation or reprisals.
	We will continue to monitor the situation in Bangladesh closely.

Burma

Lord Alton of Liverpool: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to obtain the release of La Ring and other political prisoners in Burma.

Baroness Warsi: Throughout 2013, we closely monitored the implementation of President Thein Sein’s pledge to release all political prisoners by the end of the year. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), frequently raised the issue in meetings with key interlocutors, such as with the Burmese Ambassador on 12 December and the Minister for the President’s Office, Tin Naing Thein, on 22 November. On both occasions he raised our concerns about those prisoners still detained in Burma and made clear that we did not want to see new arrests or political activists re-arrested.
	On 30 December, it was announced President Thein Sein had ordered the release of all prisoners and persons facing trial for political offences. Mr Swire released a press statement on 31 December welcoming this announcement but noting the individuals still in jail whose status as political prisoners is disputed. He urged continued dialogue between the government and civil society to review these remaining cases as a matter of urgency, and will emphasise this again on his visit to Burma later this month.

Burma

Lord Alton of Liverpool: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have held with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture regarding the Kachin prisoners allegedly tortured during interrogation in northern Burma.

Baroness Warsi: We are aware of credible reports of the arbitrary arrest and torture of Kachin men accused of belonging to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), as raised by UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, in his report to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2013. We remain deeply concerned over recent military action and reported wider human rights abuses against civilians in Kachin State.
	Though we have not had any recent discussions with the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, officials regularly raise the situation in Kachin State bilaterally with the Burmese government, as well as through the EU and UN. Most recently, our Ambassador discussed human rights with community leaders and the government during his visit to Kachin State in December 2013.

Central African Republic

Baroness Berridge: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the violence in the Central African Republic in December 2013, what assessment they have made of the humanitarian needs of the population.
	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Central African Republic citizens are now displaced; and what percentage of the Central African Republic population is currently able to access humanitarian aid.

Baroness Northover: The humanitarian situation in Central African Republic (CAR) is deeply worrying. The UN has declared CAR along with Syria and the Philippines a Level 3 crisis, estimating that the whole population (4.6 million people) has been affected by the conflict and that over 2 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. The situation is complex and rapidly evolving, with security concerns continuing to make access for humanitarian agencies difficult.
	Robust and clear data from this crisis are only starting to emerge due to the challenging conditions on the ground, and the exact percentage of Central Africans able to access humanitarian aid is not yet known. UK support is helping over 250,000 people in health services and water distribution as well as protection services for the vulnerable, particularly women and children. According to the latest UN figures, more than 512,000 people have fled their homes in the capital and are living in 67 internally displaced people (IDP) sites in squalid conditions. The UN estimates that up to 935,000 people have been displaced in total since the coup last year, rendering one person in five an IDP in CAR.

Electoral Registration

Lord Wills: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding was or is allocated for electoral registration, apart from the one-off costs of introducing individual electoral registration, in (1) 2009, (2) 2010, (3) 2011, (4) 2012, (5) 2013, (6) 2014, (7) 2015, and (8) 2016.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire: This information is not held centrally. The cost of electoral registration is paid for directly by local authorities through funding which they receive from the revenue support grant.

Energy: Biofuels

Lord Soley: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy on the use of biofuel by the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force.

Lord Astor of Hever: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) uses biofuels in road transport (petrol and diesel) where EU legislation obliges fuel manufacturers to include a percentage of biofuels in the fuel they produce. The use of biofuels in marine and aviation fuel is governed by the requirements and approvals of MOD equipment manufacturers. The MOD is encouraging these manufacturers to work towards adopting biofuels in the future.

EU: Exports and Imports

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the total exports and imports of the European Union to and from Egypt in the last three years, and any subsequent quarters for which figures are available.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
	Letter from Peter Fullerton, Director, Collection and Production Operations, Office for National Statistics, to Lord Hylton, dated January 2014.
	On behalf of the Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the total exports and imports of the European Union to and from Egypt in the last three years, and any subsequent quarters for which figures are available. [HL4565]
	Table 1 provides annual data for Trade in Goods for 2010 to 2012 and quarterly data for Quarters one to three of 2013. A geographical breakdown is not available for the same analysis to be conducted for Trade in Services.
	
		
			 Table 1 
			  European (EU28) trade with Egypt 
			  Imports Exports 
			 2010 7244 15056 
			 2011 9603 14127 
			 2012 8511 15536 
			 Q1 2013 1878 3726 
			 Q2 2013 1985 3880 
			 Q3 2013 1986 3241 
		
	
	Data in Euros millions
	Source:
	Comext Database Eurostat, European Commission
	Copyright 1958 - 2011 European Community, Eurostat. All Rights Reserved.
	Further information on Egypt’s trading position is available at http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/countries/egypt/.

Foreign Nationals

Lord Kilclooney: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of persons from European Union nations resident within the United Kingdom.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply. I have been asked to reply.
	Letter from Glen Watson, Director General for ONS, to Lord Kilclooney, dated January 2014
	Parliamentary Question asking Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of persons from European Union nations resident within the United Kingdom [HL4545].
	The latest available estimates for the number of European Union nationals resident in households in the UK are derived from Annual Population Survey (APS) data for the 12 month period of January to December 2012. The estimated number of European Union nationals was 2,343,000, with a corresponding margin of error of +/-67,000.
	The margin of error refers to the 95 per cent confidence interval and is a measure of the uncertainty associated with making inferences from a sample.
	The APS is the Labour Force Survey (LFS) plus various sample boosts. It is a household survey and so does not include people living in most types of communal establishment

Government Departments: Management Information Reports

Lord Mendelsohn: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 17 December 2013 relating to the Home Office (WA 181), what key performance indicators are used to review progress against the overall performance targets and objectives of the Department.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: The Key Performance Indicators used by the Home Office to review overall performance against targets and objectives are contained within the Departmental Business Plan 2013-15, which is available on the following website page:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/home-office-business-plan-2013.
	They are also detailed in the Annual Report and Accounts 2012-13 under Input Indicators, page 25, available on the following website page:
	http://transparency.number10.gov.uk/assets/client/pdf/ho-indicators.pdf

Government Departments: Management Information Reports

Baroness Manzoor: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what key performance indicators they are using to measure progress against the overall performance targets and objectives for the Department of Health and NHS England.

Earl Howe: The Department's business plan sets out the key input and impact indicators against which progress is measured. Data for these is published each quarter on the Government website:
	www.gov.uk/government/collections/input-and-impact-indicators.
	The indicators are selected from the three Outcomes Frameworks covering adult social care, public health and the National Health Service.
	The Mandate to NHS England sets out the Government's ambition for the NHS and provides outcomes-focused objectives that NHS England must legally seek to achieve. The Mandate is structured around the five domains of the NHS Outcomes Framework; as such the NHS Outcomes Framework is used to assess progress against the Mandate objectives. The Mandate from Government to NHS England: April 2014 to March 2015, and The NHS Outcomes Framework 2014/15 have already been placed in the Library.

Health Services: Inequality

Baroness Manzoor: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what additional money has been, or will be, allocated to reduce inequalities in health for women and ethnic minority groups.

Earl Howe: NHS England and the Secretary of State are under a specific legal duty in relation to tackling health inequalities. The Government holds NHS England to account for how well they tackle this via The Mandate.
	In discharging this duty, ensuring the fair allocation of budgets for commissioning NHS services is a key responsibility of NHS England. The most recent allocations announced by NHS England on 17 December 2013 aim to get resources to those areas in England that require them the most. As part of these, the board agreed a new formula to set clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocation targets, which uses a new indicator to recognise how health inequality should be reflected.
	The allocations made to CCGs, however, do not identify amounts for spending on particular areas. Decisions on how the funds are spent are taken by each local health and care area.

Health: Prescriptions

Baroness Masham of Ilton: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, following the publication of Care and compassion?, which highlighted problems with repeat and incorrect prescriptions, they intend to issue guidelines to hospitals and general practitioners on reviewing prescriptions and medication.

Earl Howe: Care and compassion? contains ten investigations into National Health Service care of older people. It is believed the one the Noble Baroness is referring to is the case of Mrs G, where the doctors at her local general practitioner practice failed to review her non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) medication.
	The British National Formulary, in section 10.1.1, Non-Steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, provides two prominent warnings for prescribers on the use of NSAIDs in relation to cardiovascular and gastro-intestinal events.
	In addition, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's Medicines and
	Prescribing Centre published a summary of the evidence base for the safe use of NSAIDs in their key therapeutic topics (KTT13), published in January 2013. This is available at:
	www.nice.org.uk/mpc/keytherapeutictopics/KTT13.jsp

HMS “Prince of Wales” and HMS “Repulse”

Lord West of Spithead: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken to stop looting of the war graves of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse in the South China Sea.

Baroness Warsi: It is obviously not possible to maintain permanent surveillance of the wrecks of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse, which are lying in international waters off the coast of Malaysia. However, the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office continue to seek assistance from Malaysia in preventing unauthorised salvage and damage to these military maritime graves in so far as is possible.

House of Lords: Website

Lord Norton of Louth: To ask the Chairman of Committees what was the number of page views of the House of Lords homepage on the Parliament website for each month in 2013.

Lord Sewel: The number of page views for the main House of Lords page (http://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/) in each month in 2013 was as follows:
	
		
			 January 33,168 
			 February 30,212 
			 March 32,351 
			 April 32,573 
			 May 30,221 
			 June 37,802 
			 July 29,279 
			 August 17,593 
			 September 26,296 
			 October 37,514 
			 November 35,808 
			 December 25,495 
		
	
	The number of page views for the House of Lords Corporate Portal as a whole (including the sub-pages of the main House of Lords page) in each month in 2013 was:
	
		
			 January 56,713 
			 February 51,179 
			 March 55,897 
			 April 59,356 
			 May 58,469 
			 June 65,135 
			 July 51,495 
			 August 37,183 
			 September 55,812 
			 October 75,406 
			 November 73,130 
			 December 54,541

Immigration

The Earl of Sandwich: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the United Kingdom quota for resettlement under United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees rules in the current year; and whether any places have been given to (1) Afghan interpreters, and (2) Syrian refugees.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: In partnership with the United Kingdom High Commissioner for Refugees the UK is committed to resettle 750 refugees in the current financial year under the Gateway programme.
	The Home Office publishes annual statistics on the number of people resettled in ‘Immigration Statistics'. Figures on the total number of people resettled in 2013 will be available in the next release, ‘Immigration Statistics: October — December 2013', from the GOV.UK website on Thursday 27th February 2014:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release.
	A subset of the total broken down by nationality will be available on request after this date.
	The agreement to relocate Afghan interpreters to the UK is managed under separate arrangements and is not part of the Gateway programme.

Immigration: Detention

The Earl of Sandwich: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many asylum-seekers are currently in detention in the United Kingdom, of what nationality, and in which removal centres.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: The table which I will place in the House Library, shows the number of people detained in immigration removal centres, short term holding facilities and pre departure accommodation; as at 30 September 2013 the latest date for which published information is available; who have claimed asylum at some point.
	The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of people detained in the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within Immigration Statistics. The data on people in detention are readily available in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: July — September 2013, from the GOV.UK website:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-statistics-quarterly-release.
	Published figures on people detained in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers include those held in short term holding facilities, pre departure accommodation and immigration removal centres. Figures exclude those held in police cells, Prison Service establishments, short term holding rooms at ports and airports (for less than 24 hours), and those recorded as detained under both criminal and immigration powers and their dependants.
	
		
			 People in detention by country of nationality and place of detention as at 30 September 2013, who have claimed asylum at some point 
			 Geographical region Country of nationality Total detainees Brook House IRC Campsfield House IRC Colnbrook IRC Dover IRC Dungavel IRC Harmondsworth IRC 
			 *Total *Total 1,789 195 105 243 100 81 489 
			 Africa *Total Africa 451 41 17 61 24 14 98 
			 Americas *Total Americas 30 3 3 4 2 0 7 
			 Asia *Total Asia 1,093 124 65 156 56 61 341 
			 Europe *Total Europe 111 8 7 12 9 2 37 
			 Middle East *Total Middle East 98 19 13 10 9 4 3 
			 Oceania *Total Oceania 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Other *Total Other 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 
			 Asia Afghanistan 94 22 12 10 12 0 22 
			 Europe Albania 61 4 5 8 3 0 21 
			 Africa Algeria 25 0 0 6 2 1 8 
			 Oceania American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Angola 9 2 0 2 2 0 0 
			 Americas Anguilla (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Australia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Bahamas, The 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 
			 Middle East Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Bangladesh 202 13 18 32 8 14 71 
			 Americas Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Belarus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Belize 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Benin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Bermuda (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Bhutan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Bolivia 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 
			 Americas Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Botswana 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Brazil 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 
			 Other British overseas citizens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Burkina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Burma 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 
			 Africa Burundi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Cameroon 11 0 0 2 1 0 4 
			 Americas Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Cape Verde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Cayman Islands (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Central African Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Chad 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia China 100 7 11 2 7 20 9 
			 Oceania Christmas Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
		
	
	
		
			 Oceania Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Colombia 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 
			 Africa Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Congo 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 
			 Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) 10 3 0 1 0 1 2 
			 Oceania Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Curacao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Cyprus (Northern part of) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Djibouti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Dominica 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 
			 Americas Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia East Timor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Egypt 13 1 2 1 1 0 3 
			 Americas El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Eritrea 47 3 4 1 4 1 5 
			 Europe Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Ethiopia 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 
			 Americas Falkland Islands (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Former Yugoslavia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas French Guiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania French Polynesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Gabon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Gambia, The 16 0 0 1 2 4 5 
			 Europe Georgia 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 
			 Europe Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Ghana 22 1 0 1 0 1 5 
			 Europe Gibraltar (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Guadeloupe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Guinea 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 
			 Africa Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Guyana 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 
			 Americas Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
		
	
	
		
			 Europe Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia India 163 8 5 30 9 4 58 
			 Asia Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Iran 39 7 2 2 2 3 0 
			 Middle East Iraq 20 2 1 7 0 1 1 
			 Europe Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Israel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Ivory Coast 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 
			 Americas Jamaica 16 3 2 1 1 0 2 
			 Asia Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Jordan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 
			 Europe Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Kenya 7 0 0 1 0 0 2 
			 Oceania Kiribati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Korea (North) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Korea (South) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Kosovo 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 
			 Middle East Kuwait 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Kyrgyzstan 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 
			 Asia Laos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Liberia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Libya 19 2 0 7 0 0 1 
			 Europe Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Lithuania 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 
			 Europe Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Macau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Madagascar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Malawi 15 0 0 1 0 0 3 
			 Asia Malaysia 6 0 0 1 0 0 3 
			 Asia Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Mali 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 
			 Europe Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Martinique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Mauritania 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Mauritius 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 
			 Africa Mayotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Mexico 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 
			 Oceania Micronesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Moldova 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Mongolia 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 
			 Europe Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Montserrat (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Morocco 12 6 0 1 1 0 2 
			 Africa Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Namibia 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Nauru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Nepal 8 0 1 1 1 0 1 
			 Europe Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Netherlands Antilles : : : : : : : 
			 Oceania New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Niger 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Nigeria 121 12 5 24 2 5 34 
		
	
	
		
			 Oceania Niue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Norfolk Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Northern Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Occupied Palestinian Territories 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 
			 Middle East Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Other Other and unknown 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 
			 Asia Pakistan 405 64 11 68 10 18 138 
			 Oceania Palau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Peru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Pitcairn Islands (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Other Refugee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Reunion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Russia 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 
			 Africa Rwanda 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Sao Tome and Principe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Senegal 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 
			 Europe Serbia 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Serbia and Montenegro : : : : : : : 
			 Africa Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Sierra Leone 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 
			 Asia Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Somalia 10 2 0 1 0 0 3 
			 Africa South Africa 10 0 1 0 0 1 2 
			 Americas South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Sri Lanka 70 5 5 9 6 1 27 
			 Africa St. Helena (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas St. Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas St. Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas St. Maarten (Dutch Part) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas St. Martin (French Part) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Other Stateless 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 
		
	
	
		
			 Africa Sudan 28 4 1 1 3 0 4 
			 Africa Sudan (South) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Surinam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Syria 33 8 10 1 6 0 1 
			 Asia Taiwan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 
			 Europe Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Tanzania 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 
			 Asia Thailand 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 
			 Africa Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Tokelau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Tunisia 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 
			 Europe Turkey 26 1 2 2 2 2 10 
			 Europe Turkmenistan 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 
			 Americas Turks and Caicos Islands (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Uganda 9 0 0 1 0 0 4 
			 Europe Ukraine 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 
			 Middle East United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas United States 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 
			 Americas Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Uzbekistan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 
			 Oceania Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Vatican City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Vietnam 36 5 1 2 3 4 9 
			 Americas Virgin Islands (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Virgin Islands (US) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Wallis and Futuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Western Sahara 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Zambia 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 
			 Africa Zimbabwe 10 0 0 2 3 0 1 
		
	
	
		
			 People in detention by country of nationality and place of detention as at 30 September 2013, who have claimed asylum at some point 
			 Geographical region Country of nationality Haslar IRC Morton Hall IRC Tinsley House IRC Yarl's Wood IRC Colnbrook STHF Larne House STHF Pennine House STHF Cedars PDA 
			 *Total *Total 64 180 47 270 5 4 3 3 
			 Africa *Total Africa 16 62 11 103 2 2 0 0 
			 Americas *Total Americas 1 0 3 6 0 1 0 0 
			 Asia *Total Asia 39 90 28 128 2 1 2 0 
			 Europe *Total Europe 3 10 3 20 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East *Total Middle East 5 17 2 11 1 0 1 3 
			 Oceania *Total Oceania 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Other *Total Other 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Afghanistan 0 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Albania 3 5 0 12 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Algeria 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
		
	
	
		
			 Europe Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Angola 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Anguilla (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Australia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Bahamas, The 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Bangladesh 13 26 4 3 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Belarus 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Belize 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Benin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Bermuda (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Bhutan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Bolivia 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 
			 Americas Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Botswana 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Other British overseas citizens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Burkina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Burma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Burundi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Cameroon 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Cape Verde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Cayman Islands (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Central African Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Chad 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia China 2 10 3 27 0 1 1 0 
			 Oceania Christmas Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Colombia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Congo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Curacao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
		
	
	
		
			 Europe Cyprus (Northern part of) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Djibouti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Dominica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia East Timor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Egypt 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Eritrea 3 3 4 18 1 0 0 0 
			 Europe Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Ethiopia 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Falkland Islands (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Former Yugoslavia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas French Guiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania French Polynesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Gabon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Gambia, The 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Ghana 1 4 1 8 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Gibraltar (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Guadeloupe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia India 7 13 7 22 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Iran 2 6 0 11 1 0 0 3 
			 Middle East Iraq 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Israel 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Jamaica 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
		
	
	
		
			 Africa Kenya 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Kiribati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Korea (North) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Korea (South) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Kosovo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Kuwait 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Laos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Liberia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Libya 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Macau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Madagascar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Malawi 0 2 0 8 0 1 0 0 
			 Asia Malaysia 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Mali 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Martinique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Mauritania 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Mauritius 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 
			 Africa Mayotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Micronesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Mongolia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Montserrat (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Morocco 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Namibia 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Nauru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Nepal 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Netherlands Antilles : : : : : : : : 
			 Oceania New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Niger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Nigeria 4 11 1 22 1 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Niue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Norfolk Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Northern Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Occupied Palestinian Territories 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Other Other and unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Pakistan 12 21 4 56 2 0 1 0 
			 Oceania Palau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
		
	
	
		
			 Oceania Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Peru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Pitcairn Islands (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Other Refugee 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Reunion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Russia 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Rwanda 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Sao Tome and Principe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Senegal 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Serbia 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Serbia and Montenegro : : : : : : : : 
			 Africa Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Sierra Leone 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Somalia 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa South Africa 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Sri Lanka 2 4 3 8 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa St. Helena (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas St. Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas St. Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas St. Maarten (Dutch Part) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas St. Martin (French Part) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Other Stateless 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Sudan 0 9 2 4 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Sudan (South) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Surinam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Syria 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 
			 Asia Taiwan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Tanzania 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Thailand 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 
		
	
	
		
			 Africa Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Tokelau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Tunisia 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Turkey 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Turks and Caicos Islands (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Uganda 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Europe Vatican City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Asia Vietnam 1 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Virgin Islands (British) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Americas Virgin Islands (US) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oceania Wallis and Futuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Middle East Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Africa Zimbabwe 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 
		
	
	IRC = Immigration Removal Centre, STHF = Short Term Holding Facility, PDA = Pre Departure Accommodation.
	Asylum detainees: People detained solely under Immigration Act powers who are recorded as having sought asylum at some stage and may under record due to instances of detainees claiming asylum after the data extract date.

Israel and Palestine

Lord Warner: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recent decision by the Israeli Defence Minister and security services to declare the Council for European Palestinian Relations “an illicit organisation” under Israel's Security Regulations; and whether they have had any discussions with Israeli government representatives about the decision.

Baroness Warsi: We are aware of Israel's decision to declare the Council for European Palestinian Relations an “illicit organisation”. We are currently seeking further information from the Israeli Authorities on the reasons for, and legal consequences of, the decision. We will then consider the implications, including for British parliamentarians. We have not yet had discussions on this issue with other European governments. The Government will continue its engagement with parliamentarians.

Israel and Palestine

Lord Warner: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will assess the implications for the safety of United Kingdom and other European Union parliamentarians wishing to visit Gaza or the West Bank through Israel of previous travel to those places under the auspices of the Council for European Palestinian Relations, now declared “an illicit organisation”.

Baroness Warsi: We are aware of Israel's decision to declare the Council for European Palestinian Relations an “illicit organisation”. We are currently seeking further information from the Israeli Authorities on the reasons for, and legal consequences of, the decision. We will then consider the implications, including for British parliamentarians. We have not yet had discussions on this issue with other European governments. The Government will continue its engagement with parliamentarians.

Israel and Palestine

Lord Warner: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they will have with other European Union governments about the implications for parliamentarians visiting Gaza or the West Bank through Israel of the decision
	by the Israeli Defence Minister and Security Services to declare the Council for European Palestinian Relations “an illicit organisation”.

Baroness Warsi: We are aware of Israel's decision to declare the Council for European Palestinian Relations an “illicit organisation”. We are currently seeking further information from the Israeli Authorities on the reasons for, and legal consequences of, the decision. We will then consider the implications, including for British parliamentarians. We have not yet had discussions on this issue with other European governments. The Government will continue its engagement with parliamentarians.

Israel and Palestine

Lord Warner: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Ministers will continue to meet United Kingdom parliamentarians to discuss their reports on the conditions of the Palestinian people living in Gaza or the West Bank if those reports derive from visits assisted by the Council for European Palestinian Relations.

Baroness Warsi: We are aware of Israel's decision to declare the Council for European Palestinian Relations an “illicit organisation”. We are currently seeking further information from the Israeli Authorities on the reasons for, and legal consequences of, the decision. We will then consider the implications, including for British parliamentarians. We have not yet had discussions on this issue with other European governments. The Government will continue its engagement with parliamentarians.

Israel and Palestine

Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions have been held regarding extending the deadline for the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks due to end in April.

Baroness Warsi: The Government is fully focused on the current US led Israeli-Palestinian final status negotiations and will do all it can to support and advance these efforts. We welcome President Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s commitment to negotiating for 9 months, and will continue to encourage them and the US to take the bold decisions needed to achieve peace.

NHS: Clinical Commissioning Groups

Baroness Manzoor: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what key performance indicators will be used by NHS England in evaluating whether Clinical Commissioning Groups are reducing variations and inequalities in health.

Earl Howe: NHS England has set forward a programme of assurance and development that underpins NHS England's approach as a system leader, commissioner and as an employer, to reduce
	inequalities and comply with the statutory health inequalities duties as set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
	The Clinical Commissioning Group Assurance Framework is central to a systematic approach to tackle health inequalities and to ensure compliance with the health inequalities duties. It supports clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in delivering improved outcomes within financial resources, supported by clear and credible plans which are in line with national requirements to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes.
	NHS England is committed to expanding and improving the data available to measure health inequalities.
	NHS England's Commissioning Assembly has established a Reducing Health Inequalities Working Group to support both CCGs and NHS England in the execution of their legal duties in regard to health inequalities through the provision and promotion of methodologies, data and tools to tackle health inequalities.

NHS: Hospital Admissions and Outpatient Appointments

Lord Bichard: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they hold information on what proportion of (1) outpatient attendances, (2) hospital admissions as an inpatient, and (3) hospital admissions as a day case, involve those on means-tested benefits.

Earl Howe: The information requested is not available as the benefit status of patients is not identified in national activity data collections.

NHS: Intensive Care

Lord Davies of Stamford: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many patients over the age of 70 were admitted to National Health Service intensive care beds in the last 12-month period for which figures are available.

Earl Howe: Figures specifically for intensive care beds are not available. The following table provides information concerning the number of patients1 recorded as having had one or more stays in an adult critical care unit2 who were aged 70 or over between April 2011 to March 2012.
	
		
			  April 2011 to March 2012 
			 Number of recorded adult critical care periods 238,248 
			 Number of distinct patients 188,711 
			 for which age at start of hospital episode recorded 187,694 
			 of which patients aged 70 or over 74,262 
		
	
	Source:
	Hospital Episode Statistics / Critical Care Minimum Dataset, Health and Social Care Information Centre
	Notes:
	1. Number of distinct patients identified as being 70 or over at the start of any episode of hospital inpatient care which finished in 2011-12 and which was associated with one or more periods of care in an adult critical care unit.
	2. Figures provided for adult critical care periods are for periods of care in wards identified as adult intensive care or adult high dependency units, notwithstanding that some of the patients treated in those units will have been babies or children; incomplete data for neonatal and paediatric critical care units are collected separately and are not included here.

NHS: Intensive Care

Lord Davies of Stamford: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many patients died in National Health Service intensive care beds in the latest 12-month period for which figures are available.

Earl Howe: Figures specifically for intensive care beds are not available. The following table provides information concerning the number of patients1 recorded as having died during a period of care in an adult critical care unit2 between April 2011 and March 2012.
	
		
			  April 2011 to March 2012 
			 Number of recorded adult critical care periods 238,248 
			 Number of distinct patients 188,711 
			 patients for which data was recorded on method of discharge from critical care 139,781 
			 of which, recorded as having died in critical care unit 15,029 
		
	
	Source:
	Hospital Episode Statistics / Critical Care Minimum Dataset, Health and Social Care Information Centre
	Notes
	:
	1. Number of patients treated in adult critical care units in association with any episode of hospital inpatient care which finished in 2011-12 and for which the patient was recorded as having died in the critical care unit. Because method of discharge from critical care unit was available for only 139,781 patients out of 188,711, this figure is likely to be an undercount of the true figure, although the extent of the undercount is not known.
	2. Figures provided for adult critical care periods are for periods of care in wards identified as adult intensive care or adult high dependency units, notwithstanding that some of the patients treated in those units will have been babies or children; incomplete data for neonatal and paediatric critical care units are collected separately and are not included here.

Overseas Missions

Lord Wakeham: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of heads of United Kingdom overseas missions have proficiency in the local language.

Baroness Warsi: There are 100 Heads of Mission posts overseas where language skills are a requirement. Two posts are currently vacant. Of the
	remaining 98 positions, 91% have some proficiency in the local language. Proficiency indicates that an officer is at least at ‘Confidence’ level (this equates to GCSE-level), whether or not they have passed an exam. 45 (46%) Heads of Mission have reached their final exam attainment level for the position either to Operational (which equates to degree level) or Extensive level (which equates to masters level) and a further 44 (45%) are formally training towards their relevant attainment level. 9 (9%) have no recorded level of proficiency in the local language. This data is correct as at the end of December 2013 and will change as Heads of Mission rotate in and out of post.

Overseas Missions

Lord Wakeham: To ask Her Majesty’s Government in what percentage of the countries in which the United Kingdom has overseas missions is English the local language.

Baroness Warsi: The United Kingdom has a total of 253 overseas posts. This number includes countries where we have multiple posts such as Brussels. Of the 253 posts, 57 (22.5%) have English only as the official language; 13 (5.5%) have English as one of several official languages; 183 (72%) have a language other than English as the official language.

Passports

Lord Alton of Liverpool: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many current and former Sudanese ministers and senior government advisers are holders of British passports; and whether British passports are currently held by (1) Jalal Yousif Aldegair, (2) Dr Qutbi Almahdi, (3) Dr Mustafa Osman Ismael, (4) Ibrahim Ganddur, (5) Ghaza Salha Eldin, (6) Aljaza Mohammed Aljaza, (7) Mansour Alhageeb, (8) Amina Hassan Omer, (9) Samani Wasail, (10) Zubair Bashir Taha, (11) Eltigani Sisi, and (12) Alfatih Aerwa.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: Her Majesty's Passport Office does not hold information in the format requested and would not disclose whether it held information about an individual.

Prisoners: Visitors

Lord Ramsbotham: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what instructions are given to prison governors regarding prisoners' access to visitors from the National Association of Prison Visitors.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: Official Prison Visitors (OPVs) are appointed locally by Governors and Directors of contracted out prisons. It is open to OPVs to join the National Association of Official
	Prison Visitors, which is an independent organisation that promotes, maintains and supports Official Prison Visiting.
	Prison Service Instruction 16/2011 ‘Providing Visits and Services to Visitors’ sets out that prisons must provide clear instructions to OPVs on the times at which visits may take place and on any special care necessary in the case of particular prisoners. It is for Governors and Directors of contracted out prisons to decide on the most appropriate location within the prison for visits from OPVs to take place, having regard to the safety of the visitor and the good order of the establishment.

Roads: Speed Limits

Lord Kennedy of Southwark: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many London Boroughs have borough-wide 20 miles per hour zones on roads under their responsibility.
	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the roads for which each London Borough and the City of London are responsible have been designated 20 miles per hour zones.
	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what powers London Boroughs have to designate a 20 miles per hour speed limit on all the roads for which they are responsible.
	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what powers the Mayor of London has in respect of speed limits across the capital.

Baroness Kramer: Her Majesty's Government does not hold information of the number of London Boroughs that have borough-wide 20 mph zones.
	The Department recently issued revised guidance aimed mainly at local traffic authorities who are responsible for setting speed limits on local roads. It has also been designed to help explain to everyone why and how local speed limits are determined. This circular has been revised following full public consultation in summer 2012.
	Traffic authorities set local speed limits in situations where local needs and conditions suggest a speed limit which is lower than the national speed limit. Traffic authorities have the flexibility to set local speed limits that are appropriate for the individual road, reflecting local needs and taking account of local considerations. Further details can be found online at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/setting-local-speed-limits.
	Transport for London can set speed limits on the roads that they are responsible for.

Roads: Speed Limits

Lord Kennedy of Southwark: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are differences in the powers available to London Boroughs and the City of London compared to
	other local authorities with responsibilities for highways in England to set speed limits of 20 miles per hour for the roads for which they are responsible.

Baroness Kramer: There are no differences in the powers available to London Boroughs and the City of London compared to other local authorities with responsibilities for highways in England to set speed limits of 20 miles per hour for the roads for which they are responsible. In our Strategic Framework for Road Safety, published on 11 May 2011, the Department for Transport undertook to provide local authorities with an economic tool to help them assess the full costs and benefits of any proposed scheme. This tool became available in the January 2013.

Roads: Speed Limits

Lord Kennedy of Southwark: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many local authorities outside London have set speed limits of 20 miles per hour for all the roads for which they are responsible.

Baroness Kramer: This information is not held by Her Majesty's Government.

Security: G4S

Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to terminate their contracts with G4S, if that company is found by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to be acting in Israel in contravention of government guidelines.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: It would be inappropriate to speculate on the outcome of any investigation by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Visas

Lord Steel of Aikwood: To ask Her Majesty’s Government why Mr Lekae Samuel, headmaster of Meisori Primary School in Kenya, was refused an entry visa last year; and when they will respond to the letter on that subject sent by Lord Steel of Aikwood to Mr Mark Harper, Minister of State for Immigration, on 30 October 2013.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: The Minister replied to the Rt Hon and Noble Lord on 10 January. Due to its obligations under the Data Protection Act, the Home Office is unable to comment on an individual case without written consent from the applicant.